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Community of Balicanti families
Regione Castagnole, 175 – 14053 Canelli (AT) – ITALY
RELIGIONS Catholic
DESCRIPTION OF THE RELIGIOUS SITE
DESCRIPTION Community of 3 families to make daily experience of fraternity, prayer, sharing and research of the essential.
Each family has its own accommodation and works. There is a prayer room, spaces for hospitality, meeting rooms. Place of refreshment, hospitality, comparison and spiritual research
HISTORICAL RELEVANCE Rural context, in the hills of Cesare Pavese, UNESCO heritage, places of the partisan struggle in the Langhe. In Canelli, home of Italian sparkling wine, wineries and center of enomeccanica.
INTER-RELIGIOUS RELEVANCE Experience received and supported by Jesuit friends and Diocesan Catholic Action, followed by the Catholic bishop. With Omar from Burkina Faso, the passage of migrants has increased since 2015 (especially in Africa), enriching our history of meetings and opportunities for intercultural and inter-religious dialogue.
RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE Of Catholic origin, it is in the perspective of the Second Vatican Council.
Meeting place (social cooperatives, voluntary associations, parents, humanization movements -Sem Terra of Brazil, ARCA di Lanza del Vasto ...) - with the possibility to read the Bible, reflect and share fraternally the journey.
HOW TO USE WITH THE STUDENTS Possibility to organize days of reflection, with activities and in-depth analysis on interculture, on the "humanizing" aspects of religions, on living in community / fraternity.
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